Food with toddlers

Books:
Apple Cake by Casey
Munch and Crunch by London
Ten Little Rabbits by Grossman

Flannels:
Five little cupcakes
Five little hotdogs

Finger play
Pat a cake

Songs
Hello and Goodbye songs with signs
Hands are for clapping
Jumping and counting
Ice cream song with shakers
Veggie Island with shakers
What a miracle

This one went pretty well. The 3rd book was not too successful, the kids ignored me and the parents loved it.

Food with preschoolers

In honor of Thanksgiving, I did food for the preschoolers today.

Books:
Feathers for lunch by Ehlert
The Duckling gets a cookie by Willems
The little kids table by Riehl

Songs
Fruits and Veggies unite
Spaghetti legs
If you're hungry and you know it
Oats and beans and barley grow with shakers
Aiken Drum writing on white board (on uke)
I am a pizza with shakers (on uke)

Craft - pizza on a paper plate

The parents participated pretty well today. I passed out the words for the songs

They really liked all the books. This was a good one.

Toddlers and Pigs!

Welcome song - Hello Friends with signs

Book 1 - If you give a pig a pancake by Numeroff

Song - Hands are for clapping

Book 2 - Ten Pigs

Song - Jumping and Counting

action song - The tail on the pig goes round and round

Puppet - The Pig went moo - this went over well but the kids couldn't tell me anything

shaker songs - Perfect Piggies and Ten Pigs by Caspar Babypants on uke

Good bye song - Good bye friends

Action song - What a miracle

I had so many things I wanted to do (Lots of little pigs on flannel) but they were not going to stand/sit for it. The kids were all over the place for the 2nd book but I did it anyway with loud voices and they started to listen about half way through.

Preschool Outreach - Hats

Songs - Hello song and Goodbye song - one girl asked for the more we get together

On my head I wear my hat

Laurie has a pig on her head - with uke - puppets on kids heads
 - names I remember - Sonia, Blake,

One from the right

Bean bag rock

May there always be sunshine

Books:
  Finders Keepers by Kasza
 - not bad
 I want my hat back by Klassen
 - not great
A good day for a hat by Fuller
 - good one
Caps for Sale by Slobodina
   - did this one first, they liked it

Love this group, fewer kids due to Halloween last night.

Toddler Halloween Storytime

Great Storytime/party!

Songs:
Hello song
Jumping and counting
Hands are for clapping
If you're a monster and you know it
Harry's Halloween Circus with instruments parade around the library

Books
Plumply Dumply pumpkin by Serfozo
Mouse's Frist Halloween by Thompson

Puppets
6 little ghosties based on the chocoloate chip ghost

Craft - Jack o lanterns

This one was great!

First Grade Field Trip

This is an annual occurrence.
Tour - we went around the library and in the back.

Storytime - books: The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Daywalt, No Pirates Allowed by Greene, and Bruno the Standing Cat by Robert.

Boo with puppets - I took my frog to the library by Kimmel

Songs - Book Chicka Boom
Aiken Drum with uke

Craft - Headbands

choose and book and check out.



My tour was a little lame. I forgot the dance to Boom Chicka Boom (I was going to do Ramm Samm Samm but I got the wrong disc.) I forgot the bookdrop during the tour and the teacher had to ask for it.

Luckily there was only one class. The kids were great listeners. But I am exhausted.

Toddler Farm Animals

Crazy crazy. Kids were all over the place. Very similar to yesterday's preschool storytime. Not as many rude parents but at least one.

Hello Song
Big Red Barn by Brown (big book)
-this one was a little long for them

Hands are for Clapping

Flannel - Baa Baa Black Sheep

Barnyard Boogie by Mccanna

Old Macdonald with puppets -got the kids up next to me again

I know a chicken with shakers

Goodbye song

What a miracle

I wanted to do a puppet story but the kids are just out of control and I doubt it would have worked.